Situation Report:  (Colombo) In a planned clandestine operation on Saturday evening, the Police attempted to arrest Gnanasara Thero by blocking the road the BBS group was travelling on. The attempted arrest, which was live streamed through social media, resulted in an altercation between the [...]

Militant monk movements such as the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) were created by the opposition during the tenure of President Rajapaksa’s Presidency and is now being fuelled by the same elements of the former opposition who are now in the…government, said UPFA Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa. [...]